Lab Assistant/Phlebotomist

Job Specifics

This position is part-time, working on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 0400-1230. Benefits are eligible.

Essential Functions

• Advanced knowledge of Electronic Medical Record and/or Laboratory Information System to place orders, receive specimens, route specimens, track specimens, store specimens, label specimens using the appropriate policy and procedure, and query test results.
• Provides clerical, administrative, and customer service support to the department. Answers phones and provides information to nursing floor and physicians, office staff, couriers and patients. Dispatch of couriers, as required.
• Compassionately communicate procedures and instructions with patients, family members, and other caregivers and demonstrate empathy during every interaction. The Laboratory Assistant II may be responsible for deescalating stressful situations calmly and respectfully.
• Maintains supply inventory. Tracks usage and places orders. Performs waived testing.
• Performs specimen collection using various techniques such as venipuncture, capillary puncture, PIVO, and throat swab collections. Collects specimens from patients in various settings, including newborns, ICU patients, and outpatient clinics.
• Trains and orientates new caregivers.

Skills

• Computer Literacy
• Technical Writing
• Laboratory Operations
• Regulatory Requirements
• Communication
• Patient Care
• Phlebotomy
• Teamwork
• Working Independently
• Complex Problem Solving
• Training and Mentoring
• Clinical Staffing

Minimum Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Demonstrated experience as a Lab Assistant within a healthcare system.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience teaching concepts to others.
• Customer service experience.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location

Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital
Work City: Wheat Ridge
Work State: Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours

24

Hourly Range

$20.00 - $26.48

Benefits

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.